Launch Timeline for Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures to Be Clarified Early 2019: ICE

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced an update on the launch of the Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract in an official notice Dec. 31. The document from ICE – the operator of the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) and creator of digital assets platform Bakkt – states that “[f]ollowing consultation with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [ CFTC], ICE Futures U.S., Inc.